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Latinx middle schooler speaks out about life after her classmates’ pro-Trump harassment went viral
Fusion ^ | December 28, 2016 | Rafi Schwartz

Posted on 12/28/2016 3:14:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

You may not recognize Josie Ramon’s face or even her name, but if you’ve been following the wave of anti-Latinx harassment that’s accompanied Donald Trump’s political rise, there’s a good chance you’ve caught a glimpse of what the Michigan tween’s life was like in the days following the 2016 Presidential election.

Ramon, who is 12, was a student at Royal Oaks Middle School outside of Detroit during the final months of the presidential race. On November 9, just one day after Donald Trump was elected president, Ramon was sitting in the lunchroom at school when a group of students began chanting one of Trump’s oft-repeated campaign slogans: “Build the wall.”

Ramon, a seventh grader, pulled out her phone and began filming the scene, later sharing the footage with her mother, who in turn shared it with another student’s parent. That parent uploaded the short clip to Facebook, where it quickly went viral.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

But for Ramon, the video’s viral reach didn’t solve the proliferation of Trump-inspired harassment—in many ways, it only made things worse. In a new interview with CNN, Ramon described how she was castigated and ostracized by her peers for having filmed their bad behavior.

“People would see me in the hallways and turn around and walk the other way,” she recalled to CNN. “I felt like an animal.”

According to Ramon, several of her classmates’ families even called for her expulsion for shooting the incriminating video in the first place. The atmosphere at school turned so toxic that, despite efforts by the school to address the incident and its impact on the student body, Ramon withdrew from Royal Oak and enrolled in public school instead.

Nevertheless, Ramon told CNN she has no regrets.

“If I had to go through this again to help everybody else who’s Mexican-American, I would do it a thousand million bajillion more times,” she said.

You can watch the full CNN interview with Ramon below:

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Politics
KEYWORDS: doublestandard; fakenews; immigration; michigan; socialistnetworking; viralvideo
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To: justiceseeker93; rfp1234

“Isn’t it easier to use Latina for a female and Latino for a male. I thought that was standard.”

Of course that’s standard, and likely to remain so. I was just making fun of this ridiculous notion, using rfp1234’s reminder that X and Y may be used to refer to the sex chromosomes.


61 posted on 12/29/2016 2:58:40 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Concentrate

’ then I think that it really is a hate crime’

it is a hate crime when non democrat do something like this, even when it is not true. It is not the validity of the charge but the seriousness of the charge that makes it punishable. Only democrats can vilify and demonize others for who they are or for what they believe. This is the purgative of the left. How dare other students exercise their free speech rights.

I could go on but why bother.


62 posted on 12/29/2016 10:26:58 AM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country. NOW!!!)
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To: dirtymac
How dare other students exercise their free speech rights.

So, bullying is now free speech? (Very dangerous activity) How would you react if a group of kids bullied your child for being a Trump supporter?

Put the shoe on the other foot. See what I'm saying?

(Please read "Animal Farm" And "1984" by George Orwell)

Winning the election comes with many responsibilities,one of which is to keep a level head and to bring justice, not revenge.

Groupthink is not OK.

Best wishes. Concentrate

63 posted on 12/29/2016 11:56:18 AM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right. And Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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To: dirtymac
Only democrats can vilify and demonize others for who they are or for what they believe.

Really? I disagree. Brush up on history. May Yahweh bless you with discernment.

64 posted on 12/29/2016 12:13:49 PM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right. And Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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To: Concentrate

You seem to want to make up facts and then lecture me on them. You must be a liberal with that attitude. No one said bullying is okay. Children saying ‘build the wall’ is protected free speech and is not bullying unless in is directed to a specific individual. this was not. She took offense at what was being stated which is a long way away from bullying. The left is bullying whomever at every chance they get including children, senior citizens, mothers with children on an airplane. Do you see what I am saying?

I have read both books and you are way off target.

Are you trying to claim some sort of responsibility of DJ Trump for this or other incidents? Are you blaming Hillary for the statements and actions of her supporters? If you recall, and they actually organized hateful events.

Maybe you should be looking at current events to see where you actually are and what is going on.


65 posted on 12/29/2016 2:24:14 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country. NOW!!!)
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To: Concentrate

We are in an all out war for the survival of our civilization. We most definitely do need to bully, harass and intimidate the enemy. Time to fight back.


66 posted on 12/30/2016 10:27:13 PM PST by WatchungEagle
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To: dirtymac

I understood that the child was singled out and shouted at, which is definitely not OK in my book, if the story is true.

In any case, perhaps I read it wrong.

FWIW, I am a pro-life, pro- 2nd Amendment libertarian, so I believe in protecting the innocent. Young children are usually pretty innocent of political stances.


67 posted on 01/03/2017 12:13:53 PM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right. And Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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To: dirtymac
...and is not bullying unless in is directed to a specific individual. this was not.

But apparently, if the article is true it was, after her mother put it on Facebook (Damn Facebook!!) and it went viral.

See what I mean? Put yourself in the child's shoes.

Either way, she's innocent and didn't deserve this treatment. (If true)

68 posted on 01/03/2017 12:33:49 PM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right. And Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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